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B. PELZ....

MOVABLE EYE DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.,24.191B.

1 ,3 1 0, 925 Q Patented July 22, 1919.

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MOVABLE-EYE DOLL.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Application filed October 24, 1918. Serial No. 259,479.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRUNO Pnnz, a citizen of the United States of America, residin at New Yorlccity, Bronx county, State of ew York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Movable-Eye Dolls, of which the following-is a full, clear, and exact description. v

This invention relates to dolls and has for an object to rovide an improved device to support mova le eyes, or eyes that will open and close. One of the objects of my invention is to provide an inexpensive mounting, frame or holder for eyes that will open or close, that can be easily inserted into proper position within the head of a doll. A further object is to provide means whereby the eyes will be properly ositioned relatively to the eye openings in t e head. One of the diflicultles encountered in the assembling or placing of movable eyes in dolls is that the eyes are liable to be positioned out of proper alinement with the openings in the head and it is one of the objects of my invention to provide means to obviate this difliculty.

I will now proceed to describein what manner I accomplish the above-results, and finally claim the novel features of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a cross sectional view of a doll head looking from the back embodying my improvements Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view,the

section being taken on a line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view, the section being taken on a line 33 in Fig. 2, illustrating one of the anchorage. members for the support-0r frame for the eyes;

Fig. 4 is a similar view, the section being taken on a line 4-4 in Fig. 1, illustrating the alining block for the support for the e es; a

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the eye-members; and,

Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view, the section being taken' on a hne 66- in Fig. 1, illustrating the manner of applying the counterweight for the eye-members.

In the drawing, the numeral 7 indicates a doll head havin o pings 8 and 9 for eyes. Thee as wiic. reg r wi d op ni "s ar penned y .1 and .11 and ar ior eger! prefe ably, with was .0 levers l2 and 13, respectively, positively con nected at their ends by a counterweight 14:. The eyes 10' and 11 carry cars 15 and 16, respectively, also upper and lower stops 17, 17 and 18, 18, respectively. The eye members are pivotally mounted on a support or frame consisting of a bar 19 and arms 20, 21 extending-rearwardly therefrom. The bar 19 passes through openings in the cars 15 and 16 and arms 12 and 13. The eye-members are free to swing upon said bar, under the action of the counterweight-14, to open or close.

As .has been stated, one of the objects of the invention is to provide means to properly position the eyes relatively to the openings 8 and 9. As the bar 19 is located centrally of the eye-ball portion 22 of each eyemember, and the said eye-ball portions are in turn located centrally of their respective openings, it follows that the bar 19 must be located centrally of said openings, which is the proper position. Unless the bar 19 is located in such position the eyes will not be positioned pro erly with respect to the openings 8 and 9. 0 cause the bar 19 to be thus positioned without the necessity of manipulating same after the eyes are placed in the head, I provide an alining block 23 which is located between the eye openings as shown. The block 23 is provided with a slot 24 of sufficient depth to cause the bar 19 to assume a position in horizontal alinement with the horizontal center-line of the eyeopenings 8 and 9 when said bar is forced to the end of said slot. While the block 19 is a positioning element it also acts in conjunction with anchorage-blocks 25 to maintain the frame in position. The blocks 25 are each provided with a pocket 26 to receive the ends of the arms or extensions 20 and 21.

Iatented July 22, 1919.

The eye-support is not secured in position by any other elements than said block and can be easily removed. Theframe or eyesupport is made out of wirethat can be easily flexed or bent. In other words, I do not employ wire having any spring action, 1

v eyes to properly aline with'the openings 8 and 9. y A further feature of my invention is the manner of connecting the eye-member arms.

- the end of the arms of the eye-mem re.

The prongs may be pressed againstthe bar to hold same. After the above operation has been performed, the connected ends of said arms, together with the connecting bar, will be dipped into molten lead in a suitable mold and left until the molten lead has cooled, after which a block forming the counterweight 14 will be formed. By this means I am enabled to provide an extremely durable structure, as theeyeqnembers will be connected by a solid mass of metal having embedded therein the ends of the arms which carry the eye-members.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 1. In combination with a doll head having openings for eyes, movable eye-memhers, a frame therefor pivotally connected to said eyes centrally thereof, means carried by the doll-head to engage said frame at its ends, and means also carried by the head to engage said frame intermediate its ends and arranged to position the eyes centrally of the openings therefor.

2. In combination with a doll head havally supported by said bar in alinement with a the openings therefor.

3. In combination with a dollhead having openings for eyes, a frame consisting of a horizontal bar-member, parallel arms ex tending therefrom, blocks carried by the head at each side thereof and provided with ockets to receive the ends of said arms, a Block carriedby the head and located between the eye-openings, means carried by openings for eyes, a frame consisting of ahorizontal bar-member, parallel arms extending therefrom, blocks carried by the head at each'side thereof and provided with pockets to receive the ends of said arms, a block carried by said head and located between the eye-openings provided with a slot to engage said horizontal bar, the depth of said slot being sufficient to cause said bar to aline'with the horizontal center-line of the eye openings and eye-members pivotally supported by said horizontal bar in alinement with said openings.

5. Eye-members for dolls comprising eyeball portions, arms extending therefrom, and a weight at the free ends of said arms, the said ends of said arms being molded into said weight, said arms being provided with openings adjacent the-eye ball portions for the passage of a pivotal support. 6. The method of connecting the members of a pair of movable eyes for dolls, to form a unitary structure consisting in connecting said members at one end by a temporary connecting bar, and finally dipping the said connected ends in a mold containing molten lead, and allowing same to harden;

Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 23 

